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7:22 pm
November 8, 2007

Sharron

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Hello!

Found your website browsing the internet looking for information on a gold wedding band I have owned for a number of years and hope you can give me an idea of how old it is.

I was told it was from around 1914 and hope you can confirm that.

It is marked:

L (is this the size?)
ACC? (I can't make out what is after the second C)

A crown (Assay quality mark)
22 (Karat)
A sideways anchor (Birmingham Assay Office)
P (An uppercase P, which I know is the date stamp & the part I can't figure out)

Thank you in advance for any help,
Sharron

7:35 pm
November 8, 2007

Ann-Elizabeth

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Hello Sharron – Ann here…

The L is 'Generally' not a finger size as the manufacturer wouldn't know if the item was to be re-sized anytime in the future, but have you checked the size anyway?

It may just be a model design identification mark, which together with the ACC combined to be the Maker or Store hallmark anyway.

The crown and the 22 carat marks are as you suggest, together with the Birmingham assay office (well done) but you have missed a couple of important points.

Firstly we need to know the type of FONT the letter 'P' is formed from. While you say it is uppercase, you didn't mention if it was in 'Old English' or Italic etc.

The second is the SHAPE of the stamp. Is is square, oval, rectangular with the corners cut off etc.

These are the parts that most people forget.

However you do give us a hint as to the age, so at least we can begin to look around that time frame, as Hallmarks change in 'Blocks' of about 20 – 25 years.

If the STAMP is squarish with a squiggly bit on the bottom and the date letter 'p' is lowercase (might look to you as uppercase though) then the Birmingham date is indeed 1914. While if it is in uppercase – the date would be 1939.

So you see now why we have to take ALL of the stamp marks together, in order to pin it down.

HTH – Ann

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6:32 pm
November 9, 2007

Sharron

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Hi, Ann!

Thank you for your quick reply.

It never entered my mind that the way the marks were placed in the ring could help determine the age!! WOW – learn something new every day!

Anyhow, each mark is in it's own little "box" with rounded corners – if that makes any sense.

As far as the "P" goes, I can't really tell if it is upper or lower case. As you said, it's pretty hard to tell sometimes. On kind of odd thing about the "P" though is that there is a little extra line at the bottom of it and at the very top of the P the line extends back a tad. Gosh, I sure hope you know what I mean.

The "L" is not a size mark as I looked up the sizes and an "L" is U.S. 5 1/2, while the ring is a size 6 1/2.

Again, thanks for the help you have already given and I sure hope the information I have provided helps to determine further what the actual age of the ring is.

Sharron

7:43 am
November 14, 2007

Sharron

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Just wondering, Ann, if you have been around and have seen my post?

Thanks,
Sharron

10:54 pm
November 22, 2007

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G'day Sharron – this is David as Ann is away on Vacation at the moment.

The date letter 'P' can only be split by looking VERY carefully at the top line. If it is INLINE with the rounded part of the 'P' -then it's uppercase ie: circa 1939.

If the top line dips just before the rounded bit – its lowercase and will be circa 1914.

We are working on a visual database with illustrations of British and Word Hallmarks but it will only be available to our members. Heck of a bargain though…

Of course – I'm biased ;-)

David

6:09 pm
November 25, 2007

Sharron

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Hello, David! Thank you so much for getting back to me – I was wondering what happened to Ann!!!

The "P" is an uppercase so 1939 it is. I'm a tad disappointed that the ring is not from 1914 as I was originally told, but I can certainly understand what an easy mistake that would be to make. Everything else I was told about the ring checks out, so I am pretty confident the date information was just an honest mistake.

Thanks again to both you and Ann for all your help. I will certainly continue to check the site!
Sharron

10:37 pm
November 30, 2007

Ann-Elizabeth

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